Fascinated by ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins, a group of scientists at the Vienna BioCenter (VBC) decided in the early 2010s to launch a joint interest group, the VBC Ubiquitin Club. In addition to regular internal meetings, the Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium emerged as the network’s annual highlight.

In the meantime, the network has expanded and got formalized into a collaborative research platform: the Special Research Program on Targeted Protein Degradation (SFB F79), which is now organizing the Ubiquitin & Friends Symposia from 2022 onwards.

 

See here for more about the symposium in 2020 and before (organized by the VBC Ub Club).